Cincinnati ToolBank

The Cincinnati Community ToolBank is a nonprofit tool lending program that provides fellow not-for-profit organizations with year-round access to an inventory of tools for use in volunteer projects and for facility and grounds maintenance. We provide tools to enhance the charitable sector’s capacity to serve, facilitating hands-on volunteerism in the greater Cincinnati area.

The Cincinnati ToolBank maintains a 14,000 sq ft warehouse on Central Avenue with an inventory comprised of more than 200 different types of tools and equipment in volumes large enough to equip thousands of volunteers at a time. Access to ToolBank tools eliminates the need for agencies to incur the expense of purchasing, repairing, and storing tools, reducing the costs associated with service projects and allowing these agencies to focus more of their resources on their mission.

The Cincinnati Community ToolBank officially opened its doors to the not-for-profit community in July of 2012. The Cincinnati ToolBank is an affiliate of ToolBank USA, the Atlanta-based parent organization of the new national network of ToolBanks. Since 2012 the Cincinnati ToolBank has served 198 non-profit organizations by lending them over $2.2M worth of tools to equip over 113,000 volunteers.